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Illinois Representative Guitierrez to Retire After
Belleville News-Democrat ^ | November 28, 2017 | Alan Fram

Posted on 11/28/2017 7:14:15 AM PST by PBRCat

WASHINGTON

Illinois Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez will announce he is retiring and won't seek re-election next year.

The 13-term lawmaker from Chicago has been a leader in his party's efforts to overhaul the nation's immigration laws. His decision was confirmed by a Washington Democrat on condition of anonymity because the congressman had yet to announce his decision.

Gutierrez, 63, is a leading member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. He's pushed for federal aid to help rebuild storm-battered Puerto Rico. His parents came from Puerto Rico before moving to Chicago in the 1950s.

The congressman has also clashed repeatedly with President Donald Trump. He's among a small handful of House Democrats who have signed onto a largely symbolic effort to impeach him.

(Excerpt) Read more at bnd.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; congress; democrats; elections; gutierrezretiring; illinois; luisgutierrez; sexualharassment
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Good riddance to bad rubbish. Don't let the door hit you on the way out!
1 posted on 11/28/2017 7:14:16 AM PST by PBRCat
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I agree!


2 posted on 11/28/2017 7:16:51 AM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country)
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So the open question is there another PR POS waiting in the wings for the seat? Maybe they can get that Commie mayor of San Juan to move to Chicago.


3 posted on 11/28/2017 7:18:30 AM PST by vette6387
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But... I’m getting so tired of winning! Not!


4 posted on 11/28/2017 7:18:32 AM PST by CMSMC
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Mexico is losing their second most effective member of the U.S. House of Representatives.


5 posted on 11/28/2017 7:18:44 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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Illinois Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez will announce he is retiring and won't seek re-election next year.


6 posted on 11/28/2017 7:18:50 AM PST by Grampa Dave (The fastest way to drain the swamp is to simply expose it! Sunlight does aid in evaporation!)
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How many women did this POS sexually assault?


7 posted on 11/28/2017 7:18:51 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: PBRCat

All these retirements can’t be just coincidence.

Methinks something’s up.


8 posted on 11/28/2017 7:19:15 AM PST by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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hmmmm...

63

preemptive move to guard against charges?

Dems don’t move from power so early in life.


9 posted on 11/28/2017 7:22:03 AM PST by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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preemptive move to guard against charges?


I’m thinking the same thing. No doubt he is as dirty as they come.


10 posted on 11/28/2017 7:26:22 AM PST by sevlex
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To: PBRCat

11 posted on 11/28/2017 7:26:28 AM PST by Vic S
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Maybe some sexual harassment allegations are forthcoming?....................


12 posted on 11/28/2017 7:28:17 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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Swamp draining? Or just rats leaving the sinking ship?


13 posted on 11/28/2017 7:30:28 AM PST by wbill
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Hope his sex handle still sees the light of day even though he is scrambling to leave. Should resign today, now.


14 posted on 11/28/2017 7:31:49 AM PST by Reno89519 (PRESIDENT TRUMP, KEEP YOUR PROMISES! NO AMNESTY AND BUILD THAT WALL.)
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To: Red Badger

Quite possibly, but Guitierrez has also been up to his eyeballs in shady business dealings involving real estate investments where his properties were under assessed by his political allies (a three story building listed as a vacant lot) and while in Congress he has paid his wife large sums of money for various jobs that many people viewed as dubious expenditures.

The former taxi cab driver always flirted with Marxists and terrorists while lining his pockets. It was hilarious to see him pleading for funds for the American territory of Puerto Rico when he spent decades demanding that Puerto Rico be independent of the USA and that FALN terrorists were patriots.


15 posted on 11/28/2017 7:34:44 AM PST by PBRCat
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Keith Olbermann, too. Yeah, I find it suspicious as well.

I wonder if Mueller wrapping it up as they say prob next week is an indication he found things in the swamp that he’d like to remain buried.


16 posted on 11/28/2017 7:36:18 AM PST by Beowulf9
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Possible reasons:

1. To spend more time with my family and kids
2. To spend more time with other family’s kids
3. He couldn’t keep his hands off the pizza
4. To spend more time learning spirit cooking recipes
5. Soon to be exposed as having been sexually inappropriate with only “white” women


17 posted on 11/28/2017 7:41:16 AM PST by faucetman (Ju"st the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Bingo


18 posted on 11/28/2017 7:42:34 AM PST by urbanpovertylawcenter (the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
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How many women did this POS sexually assault?

My first reaction too.
19 posted on 11/28/2017 7:54:15 AM PST by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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He was the most prominent gloater when the Dems under Obama thought they had amnesty done and dusted.

A vile creature.


20 posted on 11/28/2017 7:59:23 AM PST by relictele
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